Display-rack



M. H. WALLERSTEIN. DISPLAY RACK. APPLICATION FILED FEB/1B, 1920-1,,880,856, I Patented June 7, 1921.

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Be it known that I, MILTON H. WALLEn STEIN, a citizen oft-he UnitedStates, residing at Paducah, in the county of McCracken and State ofKentucky, have invented oer.- tain new and useful Improvements in Dis-.

play-Racks; and-I-do hereby declare the f 0l' 7 stores, for facilitatingshowing said apparel as in making sales.

.A further object is toprovidefor compactly and with facility foldingthe rack out of the way when not employed'for displaying purposes. 1

A still further object is to carry out these ends in a simple,inexpensive and effective.

manner.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the. followingdisclosure and accompanying illustration.

The invention consists therefore of certain instrumentalities andfeatures of construction substantially as hereinafter more fullydisclosed and defined by the appended claim.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred embodiment or oneform of my invention wherein it will be understood that various changesand modifications as to the detailed construction and arrangement ofparts may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of myinvention as covered by, the claim; 0

In the drawings:

' Figure 1 is a side elevation of tion, parts being broken away,incased;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, parts also being removed, shownwithout the casing;

Fig. 3 is a fragmental, detail plan view;

Fig. 4 is a similar end view, both these latter views being on anenlarged scale;

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Patented June 7,1921.

Application filed February 18, 1920. Serial naesasas.

' I F 1g. 5 isa fragment'al side view of a modification ofmy-invention,showing the plurality of hanger-rOdscOnnected or coupled together toprovide for the simultaneous movement of such plurality of hanger-rods;

Fig. 6 is a fragmental end view, without the casing, of afurthermodification;

Fig; 7 1s a vertical-sectional view showing my invention as .adaptedtoprovide what may be locally termed as a"floor or aisle rack, the hangeror suspender bars being shown also in dotted lines as extended in Fig. 8is a side elevation of the same showing portions of the hanger orsuspender bars adjusted angularly to the right and tothe' left,respectively, and others or intermediate ones occupying an initialposltion.

As characteristic features of my invention, I provide a suitableinclosure or casing 1 of any suitable materlal, the front beingpreferably of glass or transparent, for exhibiting or providing for theready viewing of the ,displayedarticles of apparel or clothing. W

Within the casing or inclosure 1 is suitably secured or positionedoppositehorizom tal track-bars or rails3, 3 reference being made, inthis instance, to Fig. 1, the rails or members of said track being ofsuitable material, steel or otherwise, said casing or inclosure being ofsuitable dimensions, as to height and otherwise, to provide for thesuitable suspension of the articles therein.

A bar or beam t is portably supported upon, and transversely of thetrack-rails 3,

3, said transverse bar or beam being provided with rollers 5 carried bytrucks 5, 5, said rollers being suitably journaled thereon to occupydiagonally opposite positions above and below. said track-rails, thusbeing adapted to contact with the upper and lower surfaces of saidrails, respectively, as clearly shown in the several views. Thediagonally opposite corneredges of the trucks carrying the rollers areprovided with projecting por- .tions as 5*, to allow said rollers totravel directly upon the track-rails, in front and rear of said trucksand not laterally. thereof.

The transverse bar or beam 4: is to be made of any suitable material,but if made of wood it is to be reinforced or armored by the applicationthereto of a metallic plate (not shown) fitted down upon its uppersurface, and is provided with a plurality of suspender or hanger rods 6upon which are suspended the articles or wearing apparent, as nowpreferably practised or adopted especially in displaying a certain classof store, or made-up goods, particularly of the light type thereof. Inusing the device, it will be appreciated that it is only necessary, inorder to obtain access to the inclosed suspended articles within thecasing to grasp and draw upon any hanger rod until the same is pulledoutwardly so that the desired, garment may be conveniently withdrawn forexamination and may be as readily replaced and returned within thecasing to initial position thereafter. These hangers or suspending rodsare .bent at right angles at one of their ends, which rightangledportions enter vertical orifices 6* in the beam or member 4, allowingthem to be moved or adjusted angularly when desired.

In Fig. 5, I have shown an arrangement of several pluralities of hangersor suspender-rods 6, each of which pluralities, arranged one above theother, is connected together by a common rod or element 7 whereby byactuating any one of said elements 7 all of the transverse bars or beamsmay be moved along the track-rails outwardly, together. with therespective pluralities of hanger or suspender rods, for the examinationof any garment or article and thus obviate several operations, as wouldotherwise be required in effecting such examination.

In Figs. 7 and 8 is shown, as previously indicated, the device asadapted for what may be called floor or aisle use, including a case 1, amultiple of series or pluralities of hanger or suspencler members 2,track-1nem bers 3 3, and transverse bars 2 the tracks and their rollersbeing designated as 4 and 4 respectively. In this form of the invention,it will be observed that as the suspender members of the series oneabove another, are connected together, said hanger or suspender members,or any of these, may be drawn outwardly so as to be positioned atopposite sides of the case, in the aisle, for instance, as indicated indotted lines at 3, for displaying particularly small articles, forquickly providing for such display and facilitating the withdrawal ofthe hangers or the said traveling-member, a hanger-member of eachplurality thereof being connected together by a common member.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

MILTON H. WALLERSTEIN.

